Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.45% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4210H 12,540 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 63.4 1-Core 71.1 2-Core 132 52% 88.8 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 217 29% 217 Pts	64-Core 247 15% 247 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 1112) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	3.45% Terrible	Lighting 3.87 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 5.69 3% 6.61 fps	MRender 3.62 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.7 4% 4.55 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.45% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 250GB 4,026 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 286 287 285 287 280 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 317 Write 280 Mixed 220 SusWrite 282 62% 275 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 19.2 71% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 222 184% 269 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 118%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 477GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 121 122 121 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 116 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 121 71% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 1x8GB 6,146 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 8 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6.6 19% 6.67 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 32%

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	194x
GeForce 840MNvidiaBench 9%, 20,978 samples	45x
GTX 850MNvidiaBench 14%, 13,931 samples	20x

SSD
HG6 mSATA 128GBToshibaBench 71%, 3,217 samples	14x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	10x
RBU-SMS100S3128GD 128GBKingstonBench 63%, 481 samples	5x

RAM
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 6,146 samples	39x
MSI16D3LS1KBG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 3,484 samples	23x
AM1L16BC8R2-B1QS 1x8GBAdataBench 28%, 4,045 samples	19x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16